Robert Bouchard
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Thank you. I’ll open the floor for general comments on the Department of Human Resources. Mr. Bromley.
Does committee agree?
Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. We’ll take a short break.
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I guess one of the confusions, then, is that we’re booking the revenue, we’re booking the expenses for the Aboriginal groups for the 2014-15 budget.
Can the Minister explain those if we’re not expecting them until the 2015-16 budget?
Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. If committee is agreed there are no further general comments, we will proceed to a clause-by-clause review of the bill. Clause 1.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With the Minister of Finance’s announcement today, I can throw away this speech, I guess, a complaint about the Heritage Fund not being funded 25 percent. I commend the Cabinet and the Premier for making this bold decision for the future generations of the Northwest Territories.
Twenty-five percent is a substantial amount. It’s an amount that actually provides an amount of money of these non-renewable resources that we’re taking from this territory, giving it to the future generations for capital infrastructure, for paying down debt, exactly what we told the people of...
Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Mr. Yakeleya.
Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Mr. Bromley.
Thank you, Mr. Minister. I’ll open the floor to general comments on Bill 6. Mr. Dolynny.
Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Mr. Menicoche.